Editing Darrell Issa (section)

==Political positions==
Issa voted with the majority of House Republicans 95% of the time during the [[111th Congress]].<ref>[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/i000056/ "Darrell Issa profile"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606211833/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/i000056 |date=June 6, 2010 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]''; retrieved June 18, 2010.</ref>

===Abortion===

As of 2020, Issa has a A+ rating from the [[Susan B. Anthony List]] for his abortion-related voting record.<ref>{{cite web |title=Darrell Issa |url=https://sbaprolife.org/representative/darrell-issa |website=SBA Pro-Life America |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> He supported the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|overturning of ''Roe v. Wade'']], calling the day the decision was made a "great day for the cause and principle of life".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Issa |first1=Darrell |title=Today is a great day for the cause and principle of life. The Supreme Court upheld its core obligation to discharge its duties faithfully and impartially. I will always stand for life. And I will always support and defend our Constitution. |url=https://twitter.com/repdarrellissa/status/1540419469482287105 |website=Twitter |access-date=29 June 2022 |language=en |date=24 June 2022}}</ref>

===9/11 first responders===
In April 2008, the ''[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]'' reported that Issa questioned federal expenditures pertaining to disability-compensation claims from [[9/11]] first responders. He was criticized for making comments that the federal government "'just threw' buckets of cash at New York for an attack 'that had no dirty bomb in it, it had no chemical munitions in it'" and asking "why the firefighters who went there and everybody in the city of New York needs to come to the federal government for the dollars versus this being primarily a state consideration."<ref name="Sisk">Sisk, Richard and Michael McCauliff (April 3, 2008). [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/04/03/2008-04-03_gop_rep_darrell_issa_under_fire_from_eve.html "GOP Rep. Darrell Issa under fire from everywhere after 9/11 comments"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404140836/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/04/03/2008-04-03_gop_rep_darrell_issa_under_fire_from_eve.html |date=April 4, 2008 }}, ''New York Daily News''; accessed November 11, 2016.</ref> In September 2009, Issa's office released a statement indicating that his comments had been misrepresented and that the questions he asked concerned the then still unpassed bill H.R. 3543, which, according to the statement, "would give U.S. taxpayer dollars to those who did not suffer physical injury and did not work at or around Ground Zero."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216%3Asetting-the-record-straight-for-the-911-hearing-held-on-4108&catid=40%3Aissue-statements&Itemid=1|title=Setting the Record Straight for the 9/11 hearing held on April 1, 2008|publisher=issa.house.gov|date=September 11, 2009|access-date=January 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721042740/http://issa.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=216:setting-the-record-straight-for-the-911-hearing-held-on-4108&catid=40:issue-statements&Itemid=1|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-3543|title=H.R. 3543: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2007 |publisher=govtrack.usa|access-date=January 10, 2011}}</ref>

===2003 California gubernatorial recall election===
Issa came to national prominence in 2003 when he contributed more than $1.6 million to help fund a signature-gathering drive for the petition to [[2003 California recall|recall]] California Governor [[Gray Davis]]. At the time he made the contribution, it was widely believed that Issa intended to run to replace Davis. But after fellow Republican [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] entered the race two days before the filing deadline, Issa announced that he would not run.<ref>{{cite news |title=Darrell Issa pulls out of Calif. recall election|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|agency=Associated Press|date=August 7, 2003 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-08-07-issa-recall_x.htm|access-date=April 19, 2010}}</ref> He later said his mission had been accomplished with Davis's recall and that he wanted to continue to represent his district in Congress and work toward Middle East peace.<ref name=Williams/> At one point in the campaign he suggested people{{clarify|date=November 2013}} <!-- Republicans only?? -->should vote against recalling Davis unless one of the two leading Republican contenders dropped out, concerned that Schwarzenegger and fellow Republican [[Tom McClintock]] would split votes, resulting in Democratic lieutenant governor [[Cruz Bustamante]]'s election.<ref>Wildermuth, John (September 23, 2003). [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/23/ISSA.TMP "Issa, who started recall, now tells voters to reject it / Risk of GOP vote being split prompts call to retain Davis"] at sfgate.com.</ref> Issa endorsed Schwarzenegger, who won the governorship when Davis was recalled.

===Civil rights===
Issa voted against an amendment, which ultimately failed narrowly, that stated that religious corporations, associations and institutions that receive federal contracts cannot be discriminated against on the basis of religion. Democrats warn that such a provision could potentially allow discrimination against the LGBT community in the name of religious freedom.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/280542-dems-cry-foul-after-house-gop-votes-down-lgbt-measure/|title=Chaos in House after GOP votes down LGBT measure|last=Marcos|first=Cristina|date=May 19, 2016|access-date=February 12, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref>

===Donald Trump===

Issa attracted attention for his close relationship with and strong support for Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/30/499952455/after-8-terms-trump-supporter-rep-darrell-issa-in-close-race|title=After 8 Terms, Trump Supporter Rep. Darrell Issa Faces Close Race|website=NPR.org|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-supporter-darrell-issa-faces-tough-re-election-fight-in-california-1477591294 |title=Donald Trump Supporter Darrell Issa Faces Tough Re-Election Fight in California|last=Lazo|first=Alejandro|date=October 27, 2016 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=March 1, 2017|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-trumping-of-darrell-issa|title=The Trumping of Darrell Issa|date=August 31, 2016|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref> He endorsed Trump in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-poli-rep-darrell-issa-endorses-donald-trump-1462491805-htmlstory.html|title=Essential Politics May archives|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 1, 2017|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> When the [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording]] surfaced, Issa condemned Trump's remarks but did not rescind his endorsement.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/us/politics/darrell-issa-california.html|title=A Close Race for Darrell Issa, the House Mini-Trump|last=Huetteman|first=Emmarie|date=October 27, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 1, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In early February 2017, Issa expressed his support for a special prosecutor to look into Trump's ties to Russia. On February 27, he walked back his previous comments.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gop-rep-darrell-issa-backtracks-on-call-for-trump-special-prosecutor/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=34949215|title=GOP Rep. Darrell Issa backtracks on call for Trump special prosecutor|access-date=February 28, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Issa supported Trump's dismissal of FBI Director [[James Comey]], saying "Comey had lost my confidence long ago."<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/may/10/san-diego-politicians-react-trump-firing-fbi-direc|title=San Diego Representatives React To Trump Firing FBI Director Comey|last=Cavanaugh |first=Brooke Ruth, Christopher Underwood, Maureen|work=KPBS Public Media|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref>

Issa said he believed Russia meddled with the 2016 election. He supported Trump's [[Firing of James Comey|firing of Comey]] (who was leading the investigation into the meddling) and that said the U.S. should focus on other issues.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbs8.com/story/35419299/cbs-news-8s-one-on-one-interview-with-congressman-darrell-issa|title=CBS News 8's one-on-one interview with Congressman Darrell Issa|last=Price|first=Steve|access-date=May 14, 2017}}</ref> As of May 2017, Issa had voted in line with Trump's positions 100% of the time; by October 2018, that number had fallen to 93.3%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130161612/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 30, 2017|title=Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump|first=Aaron|last=Bycoffe|date=January 30, 2017|website=FiveThirtyEight}}</ref>

On January 7, 2021, after Trump supporters [[January 6 United States Capitol attack|stormed the U.S. Capitol]] building, Issa [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|voted to reject]] the certification of Pennsylvania's electoral votes in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Griswold|first=Lewis|date=2021-01-07|title=Amid DC violence, these California Republicans voted to reject Biden's election|language=en-US|work=CalMatters|url=http://calmatters.org/politics/votebeat/2021/01/california-republicans-reject-biden-election/|access-date=2021-12-10}}</ref> He voted against [[Second impeachment of Donald Trump|impeaching Trump]] on an [[Article of impeachment|articles]] of [[Federal impeachment in the United States|impeachment]] for "[[incitement]] of [[insurrection]]" in the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-14|title=Rep. Darrell Issa details why he opposed impeaching President Trump -|url=https://www.kusi.com/rep-darrell-issa-details-why-he-opposed-impeaching-president-trump/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-10|website=[[KUSI-TV|KUSI News]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114202400/https://www.kusi.com/rep-darrell-issa-details-why-he-opposed-impeaching-president-trump/ |archive-date=January 14, 2021 }}</ref> In May 2021, Issa voted against the creation of an [[January 6 commission|independent commission to investigate the January 6 attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stone|first=Ken|date=2021-05-20|title=Rep. Issa Votes Against Jan. 6 Probe, Says Questions Were 'Asked and Answered'|url=https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/05/19/rep-issa-votes-against-jan-6-probe-says-questions-were-asked-and-answered/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-10|website=[[Times of San Diego]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519232317/https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/05/19/rep-issa-votes-against-jan-6-probe-says-questions-were-asked-and-answered/ |archive-date=May 19, 2021 }}</ref>

===Environment===

Before the 2010 election, Issa pledged that, if elected, he would probe [[Climatic Research Unit email controversy|"Climategate"]], which refers to the hacked Climatic Research Unit emails that climate change denialists falsely asserted showed scientific misconduct and fraud by climate scientists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/09/23/23climatewire-rep-issa-would-lead-climategate-probe-if-hou-44766.html|title=Rep. Issa Would Lead 'Climategate' Probe if House Goes to GOP|first=Robin|last=Bravender|date=September 23, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 1, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He called Obama's unwillingness to investigate Climategate "unconscionable" and an abdication of responsibility.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/56152-rep-issa-obamas-refusal-to-investigate-climategate-emails-is-unconscionable/|title=Rep. Issa: Obama's refusal to investigate 'Climategate' emails is 'unconscionable'|date=December 4, 2009 |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

===Foreign and defense policy===
In 2001, Issa voted for the authorization of the [[PATRIOT Act]] and the creation of the [[Department of Homeland Security]].<ref name="VS">[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2001398 "Roll Call 398 | Bill Number: H. R. 3162], Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives; retrieved February 1, 2025</ref> He voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act in 2005 after successfully amending it to require judicial notification, reporting requirements and facts justifying the use of roving surveillance at new facilities or places.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/amendment/109th-congress/house-amendment/490 |title=H.Amdt. 490 to H.R. 3199 - 109th Congress|date=July 21, 2005 |publisher=congress.gov |access-date=February 1, 2025}}</ref>

Issa is one of several [[Lebanese-American]]s in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081501015.html|title=In Congress, Lonely on Lebanon|last=Milbank|first=Dana|date=August 16, 2006 |access-date=November 12, 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> He had a significant role in U.S. peace initiatives in the Middle East. He traveled to Lebanon and Syria in an effort to negotiate the end of the [[Syrian occupation of Lebanon]]. In 2003, he appeared at a Washington rally by Iranian groups protesting against the Islamist government in Iran.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2003/jul/9/20030709-110130-3554r/?page=all#pagebreak "Congress joins rally against Tehran regime"]. ''[[The Washington Times]]'', July 9, 2003.</ref>

In March 2015, Issa supported the [[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]], saying, "We must make it clear that we will support our allies and punish our enemies through steadfast resolve and decisive action."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes|title=Saudi Arabia Gets Bipartisan Backing for Yemen Airstrikes|date=March 27, 2015|work=U.S. News. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328004338/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/27/saudi-arabia-gets-bipartisan-backing-for-yemen-airstrikes|archive-date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

In June 2021, Issa was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the [[Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]] (AUMF) against Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-set-repeal-2002-iraq-war-authorization-n1271107|title = House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization|website = [[NBC News]]| date=June 17, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll172.xml|title= FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 172|website=US House of Representatives|date=June 17, 2021}}</ref>

===Health care===
Issa favors repealing the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] (Obamacare), and voted in support of the budget resolution to repeal it in January 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/political-courage-test/16553/darrell-issa/#.WLc2vhKLSfQ|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Project Vote Smart|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/darrell-e-issa/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302113142/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/darrell-e-issa/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 2, 2017|title=Tracking Darrell E. Issa In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=January 30, 2017 |work=[[FiveThirtyEight]]|access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

On May 4, 2017, Issa voted to repeal Obamacare and pass the [[American Health Care Act of 2017|American Health Care Act]].<ref name=":022">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/|title=How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/04/health-care-vote-puts-pressure-dozens-vulnerable-gop-reps/101297824/ |title=Health care vote puts pressure on dozens of vulnerable GOP reps|work= [[USA Today]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref>

The organization San Diego Indivisible protested outside Issa's office weekly.{{when|date=May 2020}}<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-issa-protest-20170509-story.html|title=Several hundred protest Issa's health care vote|last=Figueroa|first=Teri|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> After Issa voted for the AHCA, about 800 people from the organization protested, on the grounds that a significant portion of his voters rely on the ACA.<ref name=":5" /> The group was also unhappy about a photo in which Issa stood "front and center" in tribute to Republicans' success in passing the AHCA.<ref name=":52">{{Cite news|url=http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/north-county-report-issa-goes-undecided-decisive-health-care/|title=North County Report: Issa Goes From Undecided to Decisive on Health Care - Voice of San Diego|date=May 10, 2017|work=Voice of San Diego|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

Instead of coming back to California to meet the protesters, Issa flew to an event in Florida to raise money, though he said he would meet with them later.<ref name=":52" /><ref name=":5" />

The next Friday, over 100 people protested his desire to defund [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref name=":5" />

An organization called Save My Care spent $500,000 to release a series of attack ads against 24 House members who voted for the AHCA, including one about Issa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/politics/sd-me-issa-meetings-20170508-story.html|title=After tough health care vote, Issa to meet with constituents |last=Stewart |first=Joshua |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=May 11, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/332352-liberal-group-funds-500k-in-attack-ads-after-healthcare-vote/|title=Liberal group funds $500K in attack ads after healthcare vote|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=May 8, 2017|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|access-date=May 11, 2017}}</ref>

=== Israel ===
In 2023, he voted for a resolution stating support for Israel against [[Gaza war]] launched by Hamas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=2023-10-25 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en}}</ref>

===LGBT rights===
On July 19, 2022, Issa and 46 other Republican Representatives voted for the [[Respect for Marriage Act]], which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3566600-these-are-the-47-house-republicans-who-voted-for-a-bill-protecting-marriage-equality/|title=These are the 47 House Republicans who voted for a bill protecting marriage equality|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|last=Schnell|first=Mychael|date=July 19, 2022|accessdate=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

=== Science ===
Issa supports embryonic [[stem cell]] research and has voted to allow it.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gaouette|first1=Nicole|title=Stem cell study funds pass House|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-12-na-stemcell12-story.html|access-date=November 1, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 12, 2007}}</ref>

He co-sponsored both the 2008 and 2009 versions of the [[Fair Copyright in Research Works Act]] and sponsored the [[Research Works Act]] ({{USBill|112|H.R.|3699}}) introduced in 2011, all of which aim at a reversal of the [[NIH]]'s Public Access Policy,<ref name="rosen">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/why-is-open-internet-champion-darrell-issa-supporting-an-attack-on-open-science/250929|title=Why Is Open-Internet Champion Darrell Issa Supporting an Attack on Open Science?|last=Rosen|first=Rebecca J.|date=January 5, 2012|publisher=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> which [[open access mandate|mandates]] [[open access]] to NIH-funded research.<ref>{{cite journal|year=2008|title=An open access mandate for the National Institutes of Health |journal=[[Open Medicine (John Willinsky)|Open Medicine]]|volume=2|issue=2|pages=39–41|pmc=3090178|pmid=21602938 |last1=Suber |first1=Peter|author-link=Peter Suber}}</ref>

=== Tax reform ===

Issa voted against the [[Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017]]. He was one of two California Republicans to vote against the bill, alongside [[Dana Rohrabacher]].<ref name="Wire122017">{{cite web|last1=Wire|first1=Sarah D.|title=California politics news feed |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-12-california-republicans-join-gop-to-1513791286-htmlstory.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref> Issa expressed concern that "many" of his constituents would face increased taxes under the proposal and that "Californians have entrusted me to fight for them. I will not make the incredible tax burden they already endure even worse."<ref name="Bhattarai122017">{{cite web|last1=Bhattarai|first1=Abha|title=FedEx says new tax cuts could boost annual profits by $1.3 billion|url=https://bangordailynews.com/2017/12/20/business/fedex-says-new-tax-cuts-could-boost-annual-profits-by-1-3-billion/|website=Bangor Daily News|date=December 20, 2017|access-date=December 20, 2017}}</ref>

=== Technology ===
Issa opposed the [[Stop Online Piracy Act]] because of the amount of discretion it would give the Department of Justice.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57342716-281/rep-issa-sopa-wont-be-approved-unless-fixed|title=Rep. Darrell Issa, a senior House Republican, is predicting a dim future for the Stop Online Piracy Act|date=December 14, 2011|work=C-Net|access-date=January 10, 2012}}</ref>